Background on the DRA The federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) included new requirements related to fraud, waste and abuse for Medicaid plans that received or made payments of $5 million dollars or more in any fiscal year.  Section...

Healthcare professional licensing and certification is controlled by states and local jurisdictions.  All healthcare professionals must apply for licensure by the state (s) in which they intend to practice medicine. In 2020,  about 14.3 million U.S. healthcare workers were subject...

The Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) is state’s web-based licensure system for the Health and Humans Services Commission (HHSC). TULIP was designed for licensed long-term care facilities and agencies, plus nurse facility administrators (collectively referred to as “providers”) to...

Introduction For most health care organizations, their primary purpose is to provide high quality patient care to support the best outcomes possible.  The qualifications and expertise of an organization’s medical staff are arguably the greatest contributing factors to fulfilling this...

It goes without saying that nursing licensure verification is a benefit to all stakeholders in our healthcare ecosystem.  Our licensing system allows patients to be satisfied that nursing professionals have the skills and knowledge to provide care as determined by...